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The Saugus Union School District is one of the most aggressive and successful open technologies adopters in the United States today. Use of these technologies has resulted in greatly reduced costs, excellent performance, greater flexibility, extreme reliability, improved systems management, and enhanced student learning.
The following pages will discuss not only the details of our move to open source/open technologies, but also how anyone can move to and benefit from open technology solutions.
Open Technologies In Education application/pdf
Linux Server Case Study
Free/Open Source Software Listing
How Tos:
1) Planning an Open-source Implementation
2) Environmental Evaluation
3) Considering Politics and Perception
4) Configuration Testing
More Great Resources:
CoSN K-12 Open Technologies Initiative
http://k12opentech.org
An excellent resource for K-12 (and beyond) educators to learn more about open-technologies in the education space.
eSchool News Special Report - Open-Source Software
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/technology-without-breaking-the-bank/technology-without-breaking-the-bank-articles/index.cfm?rc=1&i=36358
In May 2005, eSchool News featured a special report about open-source software and it's use in education. Many educators and technologists from a variety of fields in academia were interviewed regarding their views of open-source software and its impact on education in America.
Open Options - Open Source Software for K-12
http://www.netc.org/openoptions/index.html
A great site from the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory and the Northwest Educational Technology Consortium discussing open-source from a K-12 perspective. Well-assembled information and analysis for anyone considering open-source solutions in an education environment.
Free/Open Source Software - Education
http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer
An excellent primer on open-source in the education arena by the International Open Source Network (IOSN.) Plenty of great information and examples, including infrastructure, administration, teaching, open content, research, training, and policy issues.
Why Open-Source? Look at the Numbers!
http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
Possibly the best compilation of qualitative data and research to support the use of open-source software.
jklein, 01/19/09 08:15 (GMT)
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